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Padres have 111-win Dodgers on ropes with 2-1 lead in NLDS
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Phillies' Aaron Nola strikes out big brother Austin in first meeting and dad doesn't know how to react
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Padres DFA infielder Rougned Odor, demote catcher Austin Nola - ESPN